Is Tomales Elementary a good school?

Tomales Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.8% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Tomales Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 153 students attended Tomales Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Tomales Elementary?

Students at Tomales Elementary are 65% Hispanic, 35% White.

What schools do graduates of Tomales Elementary attend?

Students who attend Tomales Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : West Marin Elementary High : Tomales High

Tomales Elementary

Summary:

Tomales Elementary is a public elementary school serving grades K-8 in Tomales, California, with 144 students enrolled. The school faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism, low academic performance, and a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Tomales Elementary has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.9% in 2018-2019 to 34.7% in 2021-2022, which is much higher than the state and district averages. Academically, the school's students consistently perform below state and district averages on standardized tests, with only 24.74% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 14.74% proficient in math, compared to 47.04% and 35.54% statewide, respectively. The school also has a high percentage of students (63.19%) qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

Compared to nearby schools in the Shoreline Unified district, such as Bodega Bay Elementary and Inverness Elementary, as well as schools in other districts like Harmony Elementary and Gravenstein Elementary, Tomales Elementary performs significantly worse, with lower test scores, higher chronic absenteeism, and a higher percentage of low-income students. Addressing these issues will require a comprehensive approach, including targeted interventions, increased resources, and a focus on improving attendance and engagement among students and families.

Detail:

Public K-8

40 John St.
Tomales, CA 94971

(707) 878-2214

District: Shoreline Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5464^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Tomales Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	West Marin Elementary
High:	Tomales High

Student/teacher ratio: 15.3

Number of students: 153

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

64.7%

White:

34.6%

Asian:

0.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 73.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Tomales Elementary ranks worse than 93.2% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.11. (See more...)

Compare Details Tomales Elementary ranks worse than 76.3% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.01. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Tomales Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Shoreline Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (64.7%), White (34.6%), Asian (0.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 73.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Tomales Elementary is 15.3, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Shoreline Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Tomales Elementary employs 10 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Tomales Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Tomales Elementary 5464^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Tomales Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Hispanic students:

SchoolDigger ranks Tomales Elementary 2120^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Tomales Elementary in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Shoreline Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Shoreline Unified 879^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Tomales Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	54.09	1959^th	4809	59.3%
2005	59.67	1758^th	4822	63.5%
2006	71.39	1275^th	4818	73.5%
2007	68.78	1422^nd	5113	72.2%
2008	69.08	1448^th	5113	71.7%
2009	55.44	2155^th	5193	58.5%
2010	63.68	1802^nd	5314	66.1%
2011	74.02	1301^st	5377	75.8%
2012	68.07	1628^th	5390	69.8%
2013	42.69	3139^th	5530	43.2%
2015	44.30	2781^st	5611	50.4%
2016	45.81	2720^th	5614	51.5%
2017	39.84	3118^th	5692	45.2%
2018	37.12	3328^th	5662	41.2%
2019	40.41	3167^th	5789	45.3%
2021	27.76	985^th	1417	30.5%
2022	28.34	4004^th	5883	31.9%
2023	22.71	4595^th	5874	21.8%
2024	13.11	5464^th	5862	6.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	19.28	4700^th	5264	10.7%
2023	19.52	4744^th	5374	11.7%
2024	14.07	5199^th	5511	5.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	18.85	4825^th	5663	14.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	30.46	3661^st	5084	28.0%
2023	21.89	4339^th	5098	14.9%
2024	11.92	4924^th	5102	3.5%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	6.29	2616^th	2726	4.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Tomales Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	61.21	574^th	1769	67.6%
2005	55.06	700^th	1777	60.6%
2006	67.65	486^th	1804	73.1%
2007	75.39	387^th	1999	80.6%
2008	74.39	394^th	2005	80.3%
2009	68.47	552^nd	2063	73.2%
2010	65.85	644^th	2179	70.4%
2011	63.73	717^th	2236	67.9%
2012	73.58	488^th	2259	78.4%
2013	73.53	495^th	2379	79.2%
2015	67.36	706^th	2477	71.5%
2016	46.32	1210^th	2497	51.5%
2017	47.68	1171^st	2508	53.3%
2018	33.18	1577^th	2480	36.4%
2019	32.03	1713^th	2715	36.9%
2021	39.06	513^th	894	42.6%
2022	47.58	1239^th	2740	54.8%
2023	31.08	1781^st	2802	36.4%
2024	23.01	2120^th	2777	23.7%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	80.95	138^th	1364	89.9%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	17.97	2264^th	2549	11.2%
2024	24.27	2008^th	2575	22.0%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	23.77	1713^th	2262	24.3%
2019	36.94	1400^th	2380	41.2%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	30.78	1635^th	2558	36.1%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Tomales Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.24	1289^th	2072	37.8%
2019	26.25	1665^th	2213	24.8%
2023	27.81	1732^nd	2391	27.6%
2024	26.17	1791^st	2383	24.8%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Tomales Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	172	0	0	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	202
1989	181	4	0	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	233
1990	179	1	0	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	229
1991	201	0	0	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	264
1992	201	0	0	55	0	n/a	n/a	0	256
1993	190	1	2	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	256
1994	188	2	1	76	0	n/a	n/a	0	267
1995	178	0	2	70	0	n/a	n/a	0	250
1996	178	0	2	70	0	n/a	n/a	0	250
1997	170	0	2	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	241
1998	174	0	1	73	0	n/a	n/a	0	248
1999	165	1	2	83	0	n/a	n/a	1	252
2000	162	0	3	82	0	n/a	n/a	0	247
2001	155	0	2	77	1	n/a	n/a	3	238
2002	159	0	0	77	2	n/a	n/a	9	247
2003	159	0	0	77	2	n/a	n/a	9	247
2004	137	0	0	83	2	n/a	n/a	8	230
2005	111	0	0	93	2	n/a	n/a	7	213
2006	103	0	0	97	2	n/a	n/a	6	208
2007	85	0	0	95	2	n/a	n/a	6	188
2008	88	n/a	n/a	91	1	n/a	n/a	0	180
2009	88	0	0	87	1	0	10	0	186
2010	0	0	1	99	0	0	87	0	187
2011	0	0	0	88	1	0	87	0	176
2012	0	0	0	92	2	1	95	0	190
2013	82	0	1	101	3	1	0	0	188
2014	71	0	3	99	2	1	2	0	178
2015	66	0	3	91	4	1	2	0	167
2016	71	0	2	98	3	1	2	0	177
2017	53	0	1	103	4	0	2	0	163
2018	53	0	1	102	4	0	2	0	162
2019	41	0	2	94	3	0	3	0	143
2020	40	0	2	85	3	0	3	0	133
2021	47	0	2	87	1	0	5	0	142
2022	49	0	0	93	1	0	5	0	148
2023	44	1	1	93	1	0	4	0	144
2024	53	0	1	99	0	0	0	0	153

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Tomales Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	202	11.0	18.3	n/a
1989	233	12.5	18.6	n/a
1990	229	14.9	15.3	n/a
1991	264	15.1	17.4	n/a
1992	256	15.3	16.7	24.2
1993	256	13.1	19.5	33.2
1994	267	15.0	17.8	36
1995	250	13.6	18.4	0
1996	250	13.6	18.4	0
1997	241	13.4	18.0	0
1998	248	15.5	16.0	0
1999	252	15.0	16.8	0.4
2000	247	15.0	16.5	2.4
2001	238	14.6	16.3	40
2002	247	16.0	15.4	43.3
2003	247	16.0	15.4	43.3
2004	230	15.0	15.3	27
2005	213	13.2	16.1	44.7
2006	208	14.2	14.6	44.6
2007	188	16.2	11.6	50
2008	180	18.2	9.9	53.9
2009	186	15.2	10.2	53.2
2010	187	15.6	11.9	57.8
2011	176	n/a	n/a	55.7
2012	190	13.7	13.8	50
2013	188	14.1	13.2	56.4
2014	178	10.4	17.0	62.4
2015	167	10.0	16.7	63.5
2016	177	10.0	17.7	56.5
2017	163	10.0	16.3	68.1
2018	162	10.9	14.8	29
2019	143	n/a	n/a	72
2020	133	n/a	n/a	54.9
2021	142	12.1	11.6	52.8
2022	148	9.0	16.4	52
2023	144	9.0	16.0	63.2
2024	153	10.0	15.3	73.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Tomales Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	202	11.0	18.3	n/a
1989	233	12.5	18.6	n/a
1990	229	14.9	15.3	n/a
1991	264	15.1	17.4	n/a
1992	256	15.3	16.7	24.2
1993	256	13.1	19.5	33.2
1994	267	15.0	17.8	36
1995	250	13.6	18.4	0
1996	250	13.6	18.4	0
1997	241	13.4	18.0	0
1998	248	15.5	16.0	0
1999	252	15.0	16.8	0.4
2000	247	15.0	16.5	2.4
2001	238	14.6	16.3	40
2002	247	16.0	15.4	43.3
2003	247	16.0	15.4	43.3
2004	230	15.0	15.3	27
2005	213	13.2	16.1	44.7
2006	208	14.2	14.6	44.6
2007	188	16.2	11.6	50
2008	180	18.2	9.9	53.9
2009	186	15.2	10.2	53.2
2010	187	15.6	11.9	57.8
2011	176	n/a	n/a	55.7
2012	190	13.7	13.8	50
2013	188	14.1	13.2	56.4
2014	178	10.4	17.0	62.4
2015	167	10.0	16.7	63.5
2016	177	10.0	17.7	56.5
2017	163	10.0	16.3	68.1
2018	162	10.9	14.8	29
2019	143	n/a	n/a	72
2020	133	n/a	n/a	54.9
2021	142	12.1	11.6	52.8
2022	148	9.0	16.4	52
2023	144	9.0	16.0	63.2
2024	153	10.0	15.3	73.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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